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A. moscha'ta (musk). 2. Purple. August. 



New Holland. 1824. 

 ova'ta (ovate-leaved) . 2. Pink. August. 



East Indies. 1823. Stove annual. 



ANISO'PIA horticola, is a beetle which 

 often attacks the#x>se flowers about June. 

 Its maggots live under turf, and feed on 

 its roots. 



ANNUALS are plants which live but 

 one year, and, consequently, require to 

 be raised from seed annually. By a par- 

 ticular mode of culture some of them 

 may be made to live longer. Thus mig- 

 nonette will continue to bloom for two or 

 more years if not allowed to ripen its 



Hardy Annuals, or those requiring no 

 protection, are sown where they are to 

 remain in the open borders from the end 

 of February to the beginning of May. 

 To flower late in autumn some may be 

 sown in the middle of June. Whether 

 sown in patches or broad masses, whether 

 mixed or separate, must be left to the 

 taste of the sower guided by his know- 

 ledge of the colours of the flowers. These 

 should be well contrasted. Every patch 

 should be properly labelled, which is 

 easily done by having some deal laths, 

 one inch broad, planed smooth, cut into 

 nine-inch lengths, and painted white. On 

 these the name can be written with a 

 lead pencil. 



Half-hardy Annuals, such as require 

 artificial heat while seedlings, are sown 

 in a gentle hotbed in March and April. 

 The seedlings, when an inch or two long, 

 to be transplanted into another gentle 

 hotbed, or greenhouse, to remain until 

 the middle of May, then to be trans- 

 planted into the borders, and attended 

 like other annuals.. 



Tender or Greenhoitse Annuals, requir- 

 ing artificial heat and shelter during their 

 whole growth, are sown early in March, 

 on a gentle hotbed ; to be transplanted 

 into another like the half-hardy, and 

 thence into pots, to remain in the green- 

 house. Some of them, if moved into a 

 warm border in June, will bloom freely, 

 and even ripen seed. 



ANODONTIA' (From a, not, and odontos, 

 a tooth, in reference to the stamens. 

 Nat. ord., Crucifers [Brassicacese]. Linn. 

 \5-Tetradynamia. Allied to Alyssum). 

 For general management, see Alyssum. 



A. dasyca'rpa (thick fruited) . L Yellow. Julv. 

 Siberia. 1819. 



edtfntulum (toothless). 1. Yellow. July. 



Hungary. 1820. 



hulimifo'lia (Purslane-leaved), f . White. 



June. South of Europe. 1820. 



macroca' rpa (long-fruited). L White. June. 



France. 1823. 



obova'ta (ohovate). . Yellow. June. 



France. 1830. 



rupe'strc (rock). 4. White. June. Naples. 



1825. 



spino'na (thorny). ^.1 White. June. South 



of Europe. 1683. 



ANOSCTOCHI'LUS. (From anoikios, open, 

 and cheilos, a lip, in reference to the 

 spreading apex of the lip. Nat. ord., 

 orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. 2Q-Gynan- 

 dria, \-monandrid). Division of the 

 roots ; lumpy peat ; a little loam and 

 charcoal ; and well drained. Summer 

 temp. 65 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 65. 

 A. seta' ecus (bristlv). L White Green. June. 



Java. 1836. 

 var. pi'ctus (painted-bristly). 



The natives of Ceylon, where it grows 

 in the hedge-rows, admire it much, and 

 give it the regal name of " The King of 

 the Woods," and well it deserves the 

 title ; but yet the leaves are the only 

 part that attract our admiration. The 

 flowers, though various, are not at all 

 beautiful ; but the leaves are the most 

 beautiful of all the leaves in the world. 

 The ground colour is of a dark velvety- 

 green, tinged with a metallic lustre, 

 curiously inlaid, as it were, with streaks 

 of golden net- work. If examined with a 

 moderate microscope, when the sun is 

 shining, this golden net-work is really 

 glorious, having the appearance of the 

 richest rubies. But no description can 

 do justice to the beauty of the leaves of 

 this plant. The variety named pictus, 

 or painted -brought home, we believe, 

 by Mr Gibson from the Khorca hills, 

 India has a broad stripe of yellow down 

 the centre of each leaf, in addition to the 

 golden net-work. It is equally beautiful 

 with the original species, but, if anything, 

 more difficult to cultivate. Messrs Low 

 and Co., of the Clapton Nurseries, have 

 imported another variety from Borneo, of 

 a stronger growth, and on that account 

 worth cultivating, though not quite so 

 beautiful as the other two varieties. (Cot- 

 tage Gardener, iii. 224). 



ANOMATHE'CA. (Vrwaanomos, singular, 

 and theca, a capsule, or seed-pod. Nat. 



